Everyone has already given you lots of great advice, so I probably won't have much to add. But you have definitely received quite an impressive...
Magazines pile up quickly and soon form little fortresses of paper. I've tried to donate some of mine to libraries with little to no success, so...
Hm. I can see both sides here. I think any "errors" you make would, as you said, probably be easily detectable and cause no harm. And yes, there's...
What scares me about increasingly improving counterfeits is that I keep reading about those that fool even people who have done their homework,...
I have 4-5 of these because of their amazing designs alone (and the silver content doesn't hurt either). Chaco Canyon and Mount Rushmore are...
How much longer before all of these counterfeiters utterly ruin the very hobby that they're trying to capitalize on? They're slowly killing their...
"Brasil" is the Portuguese spelling of the Anglicized "Brazil." So no, it's not a misprint. All Brazilian coins should say "Brasil." A Brazilian...
There are not many forums left, so I'm imagining the competition has cooled considerably - I remember a time when forums ruled the web... those...
I occasionally see these in change and find them fascinating as well. Though, as others have already said, it doesn't have much value apart from...
I honestly can't stand shopping for coins on Ebay. It makes my intestines twinge and my stomach roll over on itself. Not to mention more than once...
A few times in my life I've let "normal" (i.e., non-coin) people know that I might, on occasion, not too much, but once in a while, when I have...
I won't win any accolades here, because my most valuable find, if one could even call it that, remains a late 50s era Roosevelt dime. Nice to...
Since I spend a fair amount of time with hammered coins, anything not made by a human physically whacking a die seems pretty modern, even horse...
The well-known New York merchant M.L. Marshall, apart from selling coins, issued a few interesting tokens during the Civil War years. Most remain...
I visited the Philadelphia mint two years ago. They have a nice display in the lobby covering the basics of minting and a general history of US...
I searched this forum for "air-tite" and found numerous references to the famous holders that I use almost exclusively. I've bought them for a few...
In my humble and worthless opinion, this is what coin collecting is really all about - finding things you enjoy looking at and holding and not...
Whoa... I am feeling a little dizzy after staring at these double dies... perhaps nausea is a good indicator that one is looking at the genuine...
I buy what appeals to me and what I can afford within reason. Collecting can become pathological if not kept within some boundaries. I try to use...
I'm a little late to this thread, but... Uruguay released some aluminum coins during "la dictadura." I've always loved the aluminum cows or "vacas...
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